... certain level of skill to manage to create it. This is indeed one of the characteristics that distinguish an artist from a lawyer, for example. The artists have either been born or developed an artistic skill that enables them to produce a piece of art that reflects their ability whereas the lawyer would have the skill to find the alibi in order to prevent his client to be declared guilty. A kind of art that usually reflects the artist's skill is painting; lets take for example La Gioconda from Leonardo da Vinci. An art expert will have no doubt in affirming it is a work of art because of the way the artist has combined the colours, used shadows and drawing a perfectly symmetrical face. He definitely needed a good level of skill in order to paint that portrait. A common criticism to modern art is saying that a 'five-year ...

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